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We had our first winter snowfall yesterday so I went to our local park and photographed a few of my favourite trees.
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Explore Feb 5, 2012 #389
I bet the party must have been fun, by the look of it, it must have been the best ever!
😂
Nature is so intense, we have something to learn from them, they take their Carpe Diem to quite another level than we humans do.
I think I'm going to chop some wood now 😁
Doing my Carpe Diem 😂
Toyo 45AX Field with Rodenstock Grandagon-N f/6.8 90mm MC. Efke 25 1/4 s f 32.0. 1:100 Rodinal standing tank 60 minutes. Scanned with Epson V750.
Pulgar, Toledo, Spain
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White-breasted Kingfisher
The white-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) also known as the white-breasted kingfisher or Smyrna kingfisher, is a tree kingfisher, widely distributed in Asia from Turkey east through the Indian subcontinent to the Philippines. This kingfisher is a resident over much of its range, although some populations may make short distance movements. It can often be found well away from water where it feeds on a wide range of prey that includes small reptiles, amphibians, crabs, small rodents and even birds. During the breeding season they call loudly in the mornings from prominent perches including the tops of buildings in urban areas or on wires.It is the State bird of West Bengal.
This is a large kingfisher, about 28 cm in length. The adult has a bright blue back, wings and tail. Its head, shoulders, flanks and lower belly are chestnut, and the throat and breast are white. The large bill and legs are bright red. The flight of the white-throated kingfisher is rapid and direct, the short rounded wings whirring. In flight, large white patches are visible on the blue and black wings. Sexes are similar, but juveniles are a duller version of the adult.
Explore October 26th 2008 #166
On the way home from Granville Island, we took a detour onto 45th Avenue to capture some more Autumn colours.
Testing and enjoying my new lens "Tokina 100 mm f/2.8 ATX M PRO D Macro" at the park (almond tree).
Still taking a long time to focus and shoot :).
One of the many beautiful groves of Aspens along the highway on the east side of Glacier National Park.
As you can imagine, JPEG compression is NOT helping very much in the small version, so check out the large version. I'd love to hear your thoughts as always. Thanks for looking!
Evora, Portugal - I asked my daughter for a theme for today's image upload which might have been a mistake as she chose "fruit". I don't often photograph fruit so I had to think about it for a few minutes and then I remembered these wonderful lemon trees we saw in Evora while visiting Portugal this past Spring.